Modeling the Landscape

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Modeling the Landscape

• Kirilovka
• Laurel Thornton, Jason Burns
• Section 101

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Where Is It?

• South bank of North Saskatchewan River,
  Saskatchewan Province, Canada
• (tongue twister, eh?)
• Site and surrounding area converted to farmland
  today
• Tall grass prairie climate

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Winter Climate

• Characterized by blizzards and strong freezing
  winds
• Average high 22 F
• Average low - 2.2 F
• Temperature has been known to drop below -
  40 F
• Snow begins in late summer and continues until
  late spring

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How to Survive the Frigid Cold

• Close Knit Neighborhood Community
• Warm clothing and proper planning
• Household Construction
• Large wood burning stove to heat rooms, sometimes
  used for sleeping on
• Sod or thatch roof and enclosed porch around
  entrance helped keep heat in
• Long structure attached to house containing a
  granary, storage shed, chicken house, barn, etc.
• Like the porch, attachment kept heat in
• During a blizzard, would be able to reach animals
  and supplies without venturing out into the storm

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Summer Climate

• Characterized as hot and dry
• Average temperatures 50 F to 110 F
• Limited ability for agriculture because soil
  unable to hold onto water, and settlers dependent
  on rain during hot, dry summers
• How to Make the Best Of Hot Months On a Prairie
• Farmed grains like wheat
• Raised livestock cattle, chickens, horses, and
  sheep
• River provided fishing
• Same household construction that kept heat in
  during winter kept it out during summer

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Plants and Animals

• White tail and mule deer, coyotes, racoons,
  snowshoe rabbits, white-tailed jackrabbit, grouse
• Spear grass, wheatgrass, aspen poplar, willow,
  chokecherry bushes, pincherry bushes, and
  saskatoon bushes

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Water Sources

• Small streams
• North Saskatchewan River
• River provided fish for settlers
• sturgeon, northern pike, walleye

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References

• Digital Wizards Inc.
• 2003 The North Saskatchewan River Great Canadian
  Rivers. Electronic document, http//greatcanadian
  rivers.com/rivers/north_saskatchewan/species-home.
  html, accessed October 15, 2003
• Giannetta, J.
• 2003 Welcome to Saskatchewan. Electronic
  document, http//www.saskschools.ca/gregory/sask/
  , accessed October 16, 2003
• Kozakavich, Stacy
• 2003 Chapter Three Doukhobor Villages in
  Saskatchewan and the Village of Kirilovka
• McKeand, Peggy
• date unspecified Rescue Excavation of the
  Kirilovka Doukhobor Village Site. Electronic
  document, http//www.westernheritage.ca/Kirilovka
  20Showcase/kirlovk.html, accessed October 16, 2003